Not a good idea to give out your telephone number - they can trace your number & find out where you live - best to do transaction bargaining via email.

Then give them your phone number if necessary ONLY - repeat - ONLY, if you feel comfortable with the person(s) you are dealing with.

Too many crazies out there!

My daughter got one of these emails on Craigslist when she tried to sale something. We live in Washington. It is all a scam to laundry money.

I really hate these things. But the ones I hate even more are the ones that prey on people looking for work. Those people are pure scum of the earth and I wish they could be caught and punished. I would love to have the time all these people do that hack into peoples lives, put up scams,etc. If they have nothing better to do I sure could find them something. :-/

THIS IS A SCAM!!!!!!

This is an old scam. If you ask me Craigslist is a joke. I sold a sewing machine to a lady from Wisconsin and she got it home and called to tell me she wanted her money back because it didn't work and was in pieces.. I politely told her it was intact and worked when she took it and it wasn't my fault she was disatisified. Reason why I never meet them at my home. Always in a public place and DH said don't post there anymore. His reason, to many nuts out there.

Yep. Direct cut and paste of the letter I received for an item I had on CL too.... I wonder how many people do fall for this sort of thing.... it's very sad. :thumbdown:

It's definitely a scam.

It's definitely a scam.
Sorry for double post. Clicked twice.

I did not get a scam from a craiglisting but did get a phone one. This is how it started. Hello Grandma, (Hi), how are you grandma, (fine)Grandma I have something bad to tell you (what is that) but please do not tell my folks (OK what happened) I am in Mexico and was picked up by the police for a DUI (oh dear that is terrible, now you know better than to be drinking and driving, you spent three months here in the states for the same thing) I know can you send me money so I can get out of jail (sure honey how much do you need) 3,500 dollars, (tell you what I will send you 5,000 so you could have extra) he then proceeded to give the phone to the inspector who gave me the instructions how to send the money by cash only and send via Western Union. Told him OK shall do... Still LOL to myself. He called back and said he did not get the money I told him My mother did not raise a fool and stop scamming people.

There mentioned 'TRANSFER' funds to shipper means a bank transfer,to the shipper. Which means, THEY WANT YOUR BANK INFORMATION. This is the stupidist response to your listing I have ever seen. I like the board member response, send check when it clears, we will ship.

Now that just screams SCAM----------

They are waiting everywhere to try to bilk the next sucker!

*****S C A M*****

This is a scam. When you cash the check at your bank and send the money to the other person then when the check bounces you are the one responsible for all the money

It's a scam! My daughter was selling some furniture on Craigs list and someone wanted her to do the same thing. She told Craigs list about them sure enough it was a scam.

This definitely sounds like a scam. When they say they are sending a check and want money back.

It wasn't Craigs List but I did get something similiar at my work email address. I responded that I could not help them but I knew someone who could help them and was forwarding the email to the Attorney General's office.

I've never been bothered with this again.

P.S. If they want my address, I give them the address to the police station. haha

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I've gotten these, same wording.
But I DO win with mail-in sweepstakes, and loved the Macintosh I last won a few years ago, among lots of other interesting things. The win came in a registered letter, I had to go to a Notary to sign for it, then send it back in the postage paid envelope it came with. D.L Blair is an honest company, probably lots of others out there, but do be careful what you tell them and VERY careful what you sign for.
THEN I had to add the value of this to my income tax, because the company also informs the IRS about this win. All this will alert you to the fact it is more honest than usual.

I love your response. I've never gotten one of these but if I do I'll definitely use one of your replies. :thumbup:

I think it's a scam.

This is the kind of scam we're warned against.

One word
NO>>NO>>>NO

Sounds like a scam

Report it to craigs list

This is a total scam. Do not even reply to the offer. they are looking for your address and other information to do you or you finances damage. I can't stress enough DO NOT answer this offer.

Tell them to send the check. Give them a fake name, and the address of the local police department. :-)

I always tell them I know its a scam and that I am forwarding the e-mail to our state's attorney general. Never hear from them again!

WOW!!!

Girl at work had her car for sale on Craig's List. A guy called and said he wanted it - sight unseen! She wanted $2500 - he sent cheque for $6400. She called him about the error and he said he got mixed up with another car he was buying - not to worry - he would get a cheque from her for the difference when he picked up the car. We told her it was a scam and thankfully she sold the car to a more honest person.

It is a scam.

I've been getting responses to things that I put on CL months ago saying that I sound interesting and if I still have the item would I be interested in meeting them to duscuss the item and 'just get to know' each other.... Very Wierd! We set up a hotmail account just for Craig's list and don't use it for anything else.

I had a quilt on craigs list and received something very simular: My response to it was: I'm sorry if this is a legitament request but I did not fall off the Turnip Truck yesterday so please find a Real way to make money!!

That is definitely a scam. They use that sometimes selling cars on CL.

Be sure to report this to Craig's list............

We got the same letter when we put a futon on Craigslist. The man was persistant, called us, said a "van would be by to pick up the item and the cash" after we cashed his check. We called the State Police and never heard from them again.

If these people would actually put that creativity into a real job, the world would be better.

I had one very like that. I ignored and they finally went away

I love ptquilts replay as a way to handle it. It definitely sounds like a scam to me. It's terrible that people create these scams to bilk people out of not only their money, but their item for sale as well.

I got the almost exact reply several years ago when I advertised a horse for sale. There are some strange scams out there. Sadly we must be constantly on guard.

I've seen that one before.

People should be wise to them by now.

J J

I hope you turned them into craigslist also

My daughter is a Stamping Up dealer and a woman from back east tried to pull a similar trick. She sent her an order via email with a promise of continued purchases.

Even before she got the crazy check scam info my daughter told me that she just did not feel comfortable about this person. One thing I always taught my kids was to follow their gut instincts. I guess my daughter is pretty good at it.l

It is definitely a scam. I had one like this and when I contacted the bank, the account was a fraud. In this case, you would lose out on whatever amount the check was for. Glad you realized it was fake.